Music and musical styles are often referred to as being from a ‘period’ in time. Composers will have perfected the styles over the years during these periods, with some of the composers even ...

The music created in the minimalist period was unlike any music created in previous periods and sounded nothing like anything you would find in the pop charts. It was a style that would bring ...

The Romantic period started around 1830 and ended around 1900, as compositions became increasingly expressive and inventive. Expansive symphonies, virtuosic piano music, dramatic operas, and ...

The Baroque period saw an explosion of new musical styles with the introduction of the concerto, the sonata and the opera. The loosening of the Church’s political control of Europe meant that ...

After she married Mark Rylance, the two often collaborated; her specialty was arranging music for Tudor-era plays. By Alex Traub Claire van Kampen, who created authentic musical worlds for period ...